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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 01, 2009 | 58D | Name tag? | Patrick Blindauer & Rebecca Young |
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 | 21A | Previously called | C. W. Stewart |
| Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 62D | Alumna bio word | Tim Wescott |
| Thursday, July 09, 2009 | 35D | Originally | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Sunday, May 31, 2009 | 118D | Born overseas | Kelsey Blakley |
| Sunday, April 12, 2009 | 21A | Formerly | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, March 15, 2009 | 35A | Originally | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, March 09, 2009 | 19A | Born: Fr. | Betty Keller |
| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 | 59D | Bridal bio word | Jim Hyres |
| Thursday, January 22, 2009 | 59D | French word in some bios | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 | 40D | Once called | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, January 01, 2009 | 42A | Formerly named | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 61A | Once known as | Trip Payne |
| Monday, September 15, 2008 | 50D | Maiden name preceder | Sharon E. Petersen |
| Thursday, August 07, 2008 | 61D | Alumna identifier | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Sunday, July 20, 2008 | 103D | Once known as | Barry C. Silk |
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 24A | Formerly, in high society | Ari Halpern |
| Monday, May 05, 2008 | 29D | Born: Fr. | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | 46A | Born, in France | Ken Bessette |
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 | 112D | Word between two surnames | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, April 06, 2008 | 117A | Born abroad | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Saturday, March 08, 2008 | 44A | Identification aid in an obituary | Brad Wilber |
| Wednesday, November 07, 2007 | 32A | Society column word | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, November 04, 2007 | 110A | At birth | Bob Klahn |
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | 29D | Born | Ken Stern |
| Sunday, September 23, 2007 | 37D | Born as | David Levinson Wilk |
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 21D | Formerly known as | Alex Boisvert |
| Monday, September 10, 2007 | 32D | Born: Fr. | Edward M Sessa |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 | 64D | Maiden name preceder | Elizabeth A. Long |
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 | 25D | Word between two last names | Jonathan Gersch |
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | 48A | Born, on the society page | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, March 23, 2007 | 19A | Family name preceder | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, February 02, 2007 | 67A | Word between two names | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | 29A | Bio word | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 | 20A | Born, in Bordeaux | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, January 02, 2007 | 31D | Alumna bio word | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 | 24D | Once called | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, October 23, 2006 | 23A | Born: Fr. | John Calvin Williams |
| Sunday, October 22, 2006 | 65D | Name separator | Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 | 4D | Name part in some alumni directories | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, August 27, 2006 | 121D | Originally | Seth A. Abel |
| Monday, August 07, 2006 | 63D | Born: Fr. | Lynn Lempel |
| Saturday, August 05, 2006 | 45A | Separator of family names | Trip Payne |
| Friday, July 21, 2006 | 34A | Family tree word | Kyle Mahowald |
| Monday, July 10, 2006 | 21D | Maiden name preceder | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, June 26, 2006 | 50D | Jacqueline Kennedy ___ Bouvier | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, June 19, 2006 | 47A | Born: Fr. | Raymond Hamel |
| Sunday, May 21, 2006 | 73A | Originally | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 | 110D | Once | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, January 16, 2006 | 7D | Maiden name preceder | Sarah Keller |
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 | 8D | Family tree word | David Pringle |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 | 44A | Social register word | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, August 25, 2005 | 42A | Born as | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, July 10, 2005 | 18D | Maiden-named | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, July 03, 2005 | 102A | Born, in Bretagne | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, June 28, 2005 | 24D | Once known as | Jim Hyres |
| Saturday, June 11, 2005 | 64D | Separator of family names | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 | 109A | Originally | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 | 51A | Once known as | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, February 07, 2005 | 44D | Formerly known as | Gordon Seaberg |
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 | 74D | Originally | Joel Kaplow |
| Sunday, January 16, 2005 | 123D | Originally | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 | 13D | Born in France | Michael Shteyman |
| Friday, December 10, 2004 | 33A | Aid in alumna identification | Frank Longo |
| Saturday, October 09, 2004 | 6D | Previously | Byron Walden |
| Sunday, August 15, 2004 | 112A | Word before an old name | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 | 28A | Born | Roy Leban |
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 | 25A | Born in France | Seth A. Abel |
| Sunday, April 25, 2004 | 143A | Formerly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, April 15, 2004 | 18D | Maiden name preceder | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, April 12, 2004 | 66D | Previously named | Gail Grabowski |
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 | 33D | Laura Bush, ___ Welch | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 | 60A | Born, in bios | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 | 67A | Genealogy word | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 | 100D | Name preceder | Roy Leban |
| Sunday, December 07, 2003 | 62A | Preceder of an un-altared name? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, November 23, 2003 | 91D | Born | Leonard Williams |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 | 39D | Wedding column word | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, October 12, 2003 | 81A | Mamie Eisenhower ___ Doud | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, September 29, 2003 | 31A | Society page word | Richard Chisholm |
| Thursday, September 18, 2003 | 24A | Formerly, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, July 18, 2003 | 50A | Originally | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2003 | 66D | Married name modifier | PAtrick MErrell |
| Monday, May 12, 2003 | 67A | Maiden name preceder | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | 2D | Born, in bios | Adam G. Perl |
| Thursday, February 27, 2003 | 47A | Bridal-notice word | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, February 05, 2003 | 32A | Society page word | Ron O'Hair |
| Tuesday, December 10, 2002 | 40D | Bridal bio word | John Underwood |
| Wednesday, December 04, 2002 | 24A | Society page word | Richard Hughes |
| Thursday, November 07, 2002 | 51A | Word between Lincoln and Todd | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, October 08, 2002 | 40A | Born, in bios | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Wednesday, September 18, 2002 | 40A | Born: Fr. | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, July 03, 2002 | 20A | Formerly | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, June 30, 2002 | 29A | Once called | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, June 23, 2002 | 61A | Family tree word | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, June 09, 2002 | 13D | Originally | Randolph Ross |
| Friday, May 10, 2002 | 37A | Once called | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, April 28, 2002 | 88D | Society page word | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, April 13, 2002 | 47A | Follower of a new name | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2002 | 13D | Maiden name preceder | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, March 10, 2002 | 9D | Family tree word | Nelson Hardy |
| Thursday, February 14, 2002 | 54D | Born | Janet R. Bender |
| Thursday, January 31, 2002 | 42A | Formerly | Bruce F. Adams |
| Sunday, January 27, 2002 | 62A | Formerly | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, December 31, 2001 | 46A | Born: Fr. | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, December 30, 2001 | 18D | Born, on the society page | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, December 09, 2001 | 72A | Clinton ___ Rodham | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, October 17, 2001 | 66A | Originally named | Greg Staples |
| Monday, September 10, 2001 | 42A | Born: Fr. | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2001 | 64D | Alumna bio word | Richard Hughes |
| Wednesday, July 11, 2001 | 34D | Wedding page word | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, June 05, 2001 | 31A | It comes before a dropped name | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, May 25, 2001 | 30A | Originally | Bob Peoples |
| Sunday, April 15, 2001 | 27A | Once called | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2001 | 33D | Society page word | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, February 11, 2001 | 96D | Once called | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, December 12, 2000 | 56D | Society page word | Nick Grivas |
| Monday, November 20, 2000 | 24A | Miss-named? | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, October 30, 2000 | 9D | Born, in Bordeaux | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, July 24, 2000 | 45A | Hillary Clinton, ___ Rodham | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 21, 2000 | 31A | Born abroad | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, May 10, 2000 | 58D | Jacqueline Onassis ___ Bouvier | Zack Butler |
| Friday, April 28, 2000 | 63A | Previously | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, March 24, 2000 | 20A | Society page word | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, February 23, 2000 | 66A | Maiden name preceder | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, January 16, 2000 | 45A | Society page word | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, October 07, 1999 | 40D | Formerly | Kelly Clark |
| Friday, October 01, 1999 | 10D | Preceder of some surnames | John Wolting |
| Sunday, September 12, 1999 | 32A | Word in alumni notes | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| Wednesday, September 08, 1999 | 61D | Society page word | Holden Baker |
| Tuesday, August 17, 1999 | 23A | Maiden name indicator | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Tuesday, August 10, 1999 | 38D | Formerly, in newspaper announcements | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, July 27, 1999 | 70A | Once called | Alfio Micci |
| Wednesday, July 21, 1999 | 62D | Once named | Noah Dephoure |
| Monday, June 21, 1999 | 20A | Mary Lincoln ___ Todd | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, April 20, 1999 | 66D | Born | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, February 14, 1999 | 32D | Born | Elizabeth Gorski |
| Tuesday, February 09, 1999 | 28A | Originally named | Janet R. Bender |
| Sunday, February 07, 1999 | 123D | Family tree word | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, February 03, 1999 | 23A | Born | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Wednesday, January 27, 1999 | 30D | Born, in Bordeaux | Leslie Billig |
| Friday, January 22, 1999 | 28A | Surname separator | Ed Early |
| Sunday, January 03, 1999 | 76A | Last names separator | Randolph Ross |
| Thursday, December 31, 1998 | 22D | Wedding notice word | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, December 27, 1998 | 115D | Wedding page word | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, December 13, 1998 | 33A | Genealogy word | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, December 08, 1998 | 9D | Society page word | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | 54A | Maiden name preceder | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, November 15, 1998 | 102D | Part of a name | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, November 12, 1998 | 62D | Wedding page word | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, October 10, 1998 | 13D | By birth | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, August 23, 1998 | 125D | Born | Nelson Hardy |
| Saturday, August 22, 1998 | 39D | Part of a lady's name | David J. Kahn |
| Thursday, July 02, 1998 | 36D | Part of an extended name | Pat M. Hugel |
| Sunday, June 14, 1998 | 99A | Formerly named | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, May 12, 1998 | 47A | Born | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, May 02, 1998 | 61D | Prenuptial? | Jeff Herrington |
| Monday, March 16, 1998 | 56D | Maiden name preceder | Mark Moldowsky |
| Saturday, March 07, 1998 | 58D | Old name preceder | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, December 27, 1997 | 56D | Name tag? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Monday, December 22, 1997 | 50A | Born: Fr. | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Saturday, November 01, 1997 | 59A | Society column word | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, October 29, 1997 | 13D | Word before Bouvier | Kelly Clark |
| Monday, October 27, 1997 | 49D | Born as | Mark Gottlieb |
| Saturday, October 25, 1997 | 59D | Name word | John Scott Marrone |
| Thursday, October 16, 1997 | 63D | Originally named | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 03, 1997 | 28A | Born abroad | Hugh Davis |
| Tuesday, August 12, 1997 | 48A | Society page word | Janet R. Bender |
| Tuesday, July 29, 1997 | 52A | Formerly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, June 24, 1997 | 8D | Society page word | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, May 07, 1997 | 56A | Maiden name preceder | Dean Niles |
| Tuesday, April 29, 1997 | 63D | Society column word | Jeff Herrington |
| Sunday, April 06, 1997 | 41A | Word before Rodham, perhaps | Rich Norris |
| Friday, March 28, 1997 | 57D | Name-dropper's word | Jim Page |
| Thursday, February 13, 1997 | 38D | Obit word | F. Longo |
| Wednesday, February 12, 1997 | 13D | Bio word | M. E. Skolsky |
| Friday, January 03, 1997 | 34D | Word in society | M. Nosowsky |
| Friday, December 20, 1996 | 5D | Name-dropper's word? | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, November 02, 1996 | 63D | Word on French gravestones | J. DiPietro |
| Thursday, October 31, 1996 | 62D | Born | L. Sidway |
| Tuesday, October 29, 1996 | 21A | Society page word | R. J. Hartman |
| Monday, October 21, 1996 | 12D | Born | J. Bender |
| Sunday, October 13, 1996 | 120D | Born | W. R. Williams |
| Thursday, September 26, 1996 | 61D | Born | M. Gaffney |
| Tuesday, August 20, 1996 | 24A | Society page word | S. Spadaccini |
| Saturday, July 20, 1996 | 37D | Formerly | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, July 17, 1996 | 57A | Formerly named | M. Nosowsky |
| Sunday, July 07, 1996 | 89A | Maiden designation? | R. H. Wolfe |
| Monday, June 24, 1996 | 50A | Jacqueline Kennedy,___Bouvier | M. Schneider |
| Sunday, May 19, 1996 | 103D | Born | C.M. Deber |
| Sunday, May 12, 1996 | 27A | Before marriage | R. Silvestri |
| Tuesday, March 19, 1996 | 56D | Prenuptial indicator | P. Jordan |
| Thursday, February 29, 1996 | 67A | Name part | P. Gordon |
| Tuesday, February 27, 1996 | 51A | Born | J.L. Beatty |
| Sunday, February 25, 1996 | 105A | Name part | D. Niles |
| Tuesday, February 20, 1996 | 25A | Maiden name preceder | D. Trombley |
| Friday, January 05, 1996 | 21D | Social register word | R. Ross |
| Saturday, December 16, 1995 | 29D | Originally | Bryant White |
| Wednesday, October 18, 1995 | 64D | Originally | Nancy S. Ross |
| Sunday, October 08, 1995 | 133A | Born | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, September 10, 1995 | 109D | Society page word | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, August 27, 1995 | 61D | Name word | Martin Schneider |
| Thursday, August 17, 1995 | 20A | Born | Rand H. Burns |
| Friday, August 04, 1995 | 63D | Name part | Chuck Deodene |
| Friday, June 02, 1995 | 31A | Once called | Frank A. Longo |
| Sunday, May 07, 1995 | 32A | Miss-named | Bob Klahn |
| Saturday, March 04, 1995 | 38D | Born | Rand H. Burns |
| Tuesday, February 14, 1995 | 13D | Born | Randy Sowell |
| Wednesday, February 01, 1995 | 64A | Wedding notice word | Chet Currier |
| Tuesday, January 24, 1995 | 73A | Born | Richard Hughes |
| Thursday, November 17, 1994 | 39A | Wedding column word | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, August 14, 1994 | 46A | Born | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| Friday, June 24, 1994 | 57D | Society page word | Mark Diehl |
| Monday, May 16, 1994 | 68A | Formerly named | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Friday, April 22, 1994 | 67A | Mamie Eisenhower, _____ Doud | A.J. Santora |
| Wednesday, April 13, 1994 | 51A | Woman's bio word | Jim Page |
| Wednesday, March 30, 1994 | 53D | Born | Eileen Lexau |
| Wednesday, March 02, 1994 | 23A | Born | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Saturday, February 26, 1994 | 30A | Miss named? | Bob Klahn |
| Friday, February 25, 1994 | 62D | Formerly | Bob Lubbers |
| Tuesday, February 15, 1994 | 6D | Born | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Thursday, January 13, 1994 | 43A | Word in anobit | Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, December 28, 1993 | 24A | Part of a bridal bio | Ronald C. Hirschfield |
| Saturday, December 11, 1993 | 22A | Society page word | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Friday, November 26, 1993 | 39D | Society-page word | Nancy A. Corbett |